not the curriculum but the teachers
For sure the curriculum is dull and MS Office-centric. But, in my local area, the kids don't take the GCSE and A level because the schools can't get effective teachers. I've heard too many stories of new ICT teachers leaving within a school year and losing course work. Presumably there are too few adequate ICT teachers and the schools are simply churning the inadequate ones.
In that context the kids don't take the courses because they can't risk the consequent poor grade at the end.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
